Davenport bed



A. L. WARNER DAVENPORT BED July 30, 1929.

Filed oct. 12, lzs 2 sheets-sheet 1 l zz 3020 2'7' July 30, 1929. A'. L.. WARNER 1,722,612 Y n DAVENPORT BED INVENTOR Patented July 30, 1929.

UNTE STATES ALBION L. WARNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNGR TO CHARLES LYON RUSSELL, OF

nAnweY, New JERSEY.

DAVENPORT BED.

Application filed October 12, 1923. Serial No. 668,044.

This invention relates to folding beds, and provides a davenport readily convertible into a couch bed. The construction of my improved piece of household furniture is such that when in the closed or davenport position the mechanism and details pertaining to the folding bed features are concealed, the outlines and arrangement of the davenport, as such, being normal and undisturbed by the incorporation of those elements, which are adapted to the parts pertaining to the davenport but nevertheless so designed that when in the open position a substation bed is presented having deep springs and an ample mattress.

The esthetic object of my invention is to present a piece of parlor furniture which VWhen closed does not reveal the fact that it is a folding bed, one of the chief practical features of the invention being a disappearing section and the manner of housing the mattress sections and guiding the sections into and out of their respective open and closed positions.

A preferred form of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation partly broken away showing the structure in the closed or davenport position.

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken just inside the righthand arm of the structure shown in Fig. 1 and in the Fig. 1 position, and

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 showing the parts in the couch or bed forming position.

lWhat may be termed the stationary or base portion of the structure, comprises ends, 5-5,

built in the form of arms, connected at the front by a board, 6. and at the rear by the upholstered back, 7. There are two mattress forming sections, one of which, 8, is shown wider than the other. 9, and is mount ed for movement frontwardly and backward ly on a horizontal plane. For convenience of description these sections will be herein designated by terms indicating their relative width in the illustration, which is drawn in the preferred proportions for a davenport of the present prevailing size, and for affording a bed wide enough to accommodate two adults. The narrower section, 9, lies below the wider section, 8, and is mounted for movement forwardly and upwardly into the plane of the horizontally movable or wider section, upon the forward movement of the latter. This horizontally movable or wider section, 8, is mounted on a frame, 10, having at the front legs, 11, adapted to rest on the floor, and at the rearrollers, 12, running on rails, in the illustration the edges of boards, 13, constituting parts of the ends, 5-5, of the frame or base. n

One of the problems solved by my invention is providing for the free movement of the mattress sections, and their capability of forming an ample bed in a structure having a fixed back, especially when this is deeply cushioned or over stuffed. The location of the effective bed surface is, of course, forwardly of the front face, 14:, of the back cushion, and, as will be seen by reference to Fig.

3, the mattress sections, 8 and 9, and their cushions, 15 and 16, are, when inthe open or bed forming` position ,so located. Another feature of the problem is in relation to the prevailing practice of having the upper surface, as 17, of the seat cushion (15 and 16 superimposed in the illustration) come well above the lower front corner, 18, of the back cushion. The disappearing, or narrower section, 9, has end frame members, 20, these'are hinged, as at 21, `toa longitudinally disposed board, 22, hinged in turn, as at 23, to a substantial part of the base portion, in the illustration a board, 24, forming the back of a bedding box, 25. The. rear frame member. 26, lof this section extends beyond the end members, 20, the extensions resting on obliquely disposed guide rails, 27. Upon imparting a forward impulse to this section, 9, when in its closed and concealed position, the board, 22, acts as a radius bar and elevates the front edge of the section` the back edge riding up the inclined guides 27 is also elevated.

The crank motion of the radius member, 22, serves to draw the rail, 26, over and upon the upper horizontal ends, 28, of the guide rails, 27, upon such member, 22, assuming a substantially vertical position. The section is then securely and rigidly supported from beneath.

Movement is preferably imparted to this section causing it to rise into operative position and to fall out of sight, by the horizontally movable section. A flexible connection,A such as a chain, 29, of suitable length, fastened to the two sections, is illustrated for applying the forward impulse to the section, 9, upon movement forwardly of the section, 8. A quicker response is as sured by means of a. spring, B0, connected to the base and. to the frame of section, 9.

The operation of opening the illustrated structure into a bed and closing it into a davenport is as follows:

Assuming the parts to be in the posit-ions illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the operator takes hold of the front portion of the frame, 10, of the horizontally mo-vab-le or wider mattress section, 8, and draws this forward. Then a leg as 11 is built into the structure, it will run forward upon some anti-friction device, as for instance, a roller, 31. In the forward movement of the frame, 10, the roller, 12, runs along the upper edge of the guide rail formed by the board, 13, the frame being` also supported and guided by means of the roller, 32. After this section has moved forward acertain predetermined distance the chain, 29, becomes taut and pulls the narrower or disappearing mattress section, 9, forward. During this forward movement it is, of course, elevated, the front end being raised by the radius member, 22, and the rear end by the obliquely disposed guide, 27. As was mentioned earlier in the description the crank movement of the radius member, 22, shifts the frame member, 26, well over the horizontal upper end, 28, of the guide rail, 27. The spring, 30, serves to assist and facilitate the forward movement of the mattress section, 9, and also to hold the ends-of the rail, 26, on top of the ends, 28, of the guide rails. When the parts are in this position it will be found that the two mattress sections are in substantially the same plane and that the back edge of the rear section is in front of the vertical plane of the front face, 111, of the upholstered back of the davenport. The cushion or stuffed mattress comprising the sections, 15 and 16, made of separate cushions and fastened together by a flexible fabric or other connection, 33, is then separated from the Figure 2 position to the Figure 8 position and amply covers Ythe two mattress sections which are shown provided with springs, 34, and surface coverings, 35. It will be noted that the cushions, 15 and 16, are of substantially equal width. This is for two purposes. One to accommodate them to the davenport position and also for the purpose of breaking` joints, the division line between the two cushions when spread out coming well forwardly of the division line of the two mattress sections, 8 and 9. This makes for the comfort of the users of the bed.

Vhen it is now desired to restore the structure to the davenport position, or in other words, to close the bed, the first step is to turn the cushion section, 15, on top of the cushion section, 16, and push the front or horizontally movable section, 8, backwardly. This will push the disappearing section, 9, back to the point wherein the back frame member, 26,

passes over the horizontal portions, 28, of the guides and on to the oblique portions. The disappearing movement is then easy and rapid, although against the action of the spring, 30. After the narrower section is fully lowered the wider or horizont-ally movable section continues its backward movement bringing a substantial portion of its width from front to rear under the upholstered back portion, 7. When the parts are well proportioned the upper surface, 17, of the cushions comes well up on the upholstered back portion and above the corner, 18, of this upholstery presenting the usual form of davenport. The front edges of the two cushion sections, 15 and 16, present the prevailing appearance of double cushions in 'davenports which are not built as two purpose structures.

It is to be remembered that the structure herein illustrated, while in the preferred and practicable form admits of various changes in detail as occasion demands within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a couch bed, the combination with a frame provided with an upholstered back and wider and narrower mattress forming` sections, of means for supporting and guiding the wider section on a horizontal plane,` such section being adapted in its closed position to extend below and backwardly of the upholstered back, means for supporting the narrower section below the rearward portion of the wider section, means for raising` the narrower section into the plane of the wider section and comprisingl a lifting crank and associated guides, and flexible and elastic means so connecting the two sections that the forward movement ofthe wider section draws the narrower section forward and upwardly into position, the parts occupying,` such relative position that rearward movement of the wider section pushes the narrower section backwardly and causesit to descend on its guides by aid of the crank action and against the action of the elastic means.

s 2. In a couch bed, the combination with a frame provided with an upholstered back and wider and narrower mattress forming sections, of means for supporting` and guiding the wider section on a horizontal plane, such section beingv adapted in its closed position to extend below and backwardly of the upholstered back, means for supporting the narrower section below the rearward portion of the wider section, means for raising the narrower section into the plane of the wider section and comprising,` a lifting crank and associated guides, and means so connecting' the two sections that the forward movement of the wider section draws the narrower section forward and upward into position, the parts occupying` such relative position that rearward movement of the wider section pushes the narrower section backward and causes it to descend on its guides by aid of the crank action.

3. A Convertible couch-bed, comprising a stationary couch section, a movable mattress supporting' frame therefor, a rectilinearly movable bed section, a system of links supporting said 'frame and carried by said Couch section and means connecting said links to said bed section, so that when said bed section 10 scribed my name at the cit-y and State of New 15 York this eleventh day of October 1923.

ALBON L. WARNER. 

